Going After The Unions Again

Kadunk, kadunk, kadunk. That is either the sound of a broken record or the annual outcry when we reach yet another budget deficit for state employee unions to give back.

The sad part is that the same legislators who blame the unions are the ones who have supported the appointment of political cronies who have taken large salaries while driving state agencies such as the Department of Motor Vehicles into a morass.

The same politicians who demonize union members who have fought for decades just to reach the pinnacle of being classified as middle-class citizens accept campaign donations from big businesses who have moved their companies out of the United States for the opportunity to pay less than minimum wages and little in taxes. If there is one person out there who believes that anyone other than the unions is looking out for working men or women, I would suggest they take two aspirin, drink a lot of fluids and get some bed rest.

Charles Gardner, Burlington

The writer is a retired Farmington police officer who served as president of the union local.